Watch guard or protector.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903.

W. G. LOGHERTY. WATCH GUARD OR PROTECTOR.

AIPLIOATION FILED MAY 16. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903;

PATENT ()FFICEa wiLLIAM c. LoonEaTY, OF NEW YORK, N. i.

WATCH GUARD OR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,429, dated August25, 1903.

Application filed May 16, 1903. Serial No. 157,368. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. LOCHERTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Watch Guards or Protectors, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention has for its object the provision of asimple device adaptedto be secured to the pocket or other part of the clothing of the wearerto eifectually prevent a watch being stolen or accidentally pulled outof the pocket; and the same consists of a strip or plate of metal orother suitable material provided with means for attaching the same tothe clothing of the wearer at the pocket or other place, the same havinga hook near one end permanently secured thereto and a flat piece orblade of spring metal with one end secured to the strip or plate nearits other end, there being a slot or elongated opening in the springnear its free end, receiving and through which the hook passes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing my invention with awatch and part of a chain attached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sidesection, and Fig. 3 is a rear view.

a is a plate of metal or other suitable material provided with means forattaching it to the lining of the pocket or clothing of the wearer.

b is a hook riveted or otherwise permanently secured to the plate a nearone end, with the point of the hook turned from the end of the plate a,and c is a flat piece or blade of spring metal, one end of which ispermanently secured to the plate a at or near the other end of saidplate. I have shown the spring attached by rivets Z; but it is evidentthat it maybe soldered or otherwise socured tothe plate. gated openingin the spring near its free end, through which the hook 6 passes, andthe normal position of the free end of the spring is adjacent to thefree end of the hook.

As a means for securing the plate a to the lining of a pocket or otherparts of the clothing of the wearer I prefer and have shown a doublepronged and pointed pin d, pivotally held to one end of the plate a byan eye 6, which, although shown as integral with the There is a slot orelon plate a, may be soldered thereto on the under side or back, and ator near the other end of the plate a on the same side I rivet or solderclips f for the reception and retention of the points of the pin d. Thepoints of the clips extend toward one another.

It will be apparent that holes may be made in the plate a at its ends orsides, or both, to permit its attachment to a garment by sewing; but Iprefer and use a pin, because it allows for the easy attachment orremoval of the guard or protector from the clothing, and I further findthat the double pronged and pointed pin shown holds the guard orprotector to the pocket-lining or clothing without the liability towabble or to move, as-

would be the case where a single pin is made use of.

The guard or protector having been secured to the clothing of the wearerit will be seen that a watch can be readily attached to the hook b by aslight pressure of the watch-ring upon the flat spring in front of thehook,

pushing back the spring and allowing the ring of the watch to be drawnwithin the hook, and that upon the pressure being released the springwill assume its normal position, covering the opening in the hook, andthereby preventing the risk of theft of the watch or its accidental fallfrom the pocket. The watch-chain may be engaged in like manner and ifnot too bulky may pass within the grasp of the hook.

It will be readily understood that the wearer can easily detach andreplace the watch upon the guard whenever desired by simply depressingthe spring to a point below the open ing in the hook, when the ring ofthe watch or the chain can be readily withdrawn or inserted.

I claim as my invention 1. In a watch guard or protector, the combination with a strip or plate of suitable material and means forremovably attaching the same to the clothing of the wearer, of a hookpermanently secured to said strip or plate near one end thereof, a flatblade-spring having an elongated slot near one end to receive and fitover said hook and at its other end permanently secured to the end ofsaid plate distant from said hook so that the normal position of saidspring is adjacent to the free end of the hook for the purposes andsubstantially as specified.

2. A Watch guard or protector, comprising a strip or plate of suitablematerial, a hook secured near one end and standing out therefrom,ablade-spring having an elongated aperture at one end to fit over thehookand secured at its other end to said plate, and a double pronged andpointed pin secured at its bent part to one end of said plate on theside opposite to the spring, and hooks for engaging the prongs of thepin at the points.

3. In a Watch guard or protector, the combination with a plate ofsuitable material, of a double-pointed pin pivotally attached at one endof said plate on its under side, de-

vices attached to said plate at its other end WILLIAM C. LOCHERTY.

Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.

